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Fall 2017
This study examines ways that both authoritarian capitalism and global flows of culture have shaped the Russian television industry. This dissertation explores three main questions: How does the system of state-directed capitalism shape television production, particularly with regards to...
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Mothers, Wives, Housekeepers and More? Maria Feodorovna and Women's Education in Russia, 1796-1828
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The purpose of this study is to challenge the commonly-held notion that Empress Maria Feodorovna’s (1759-1828) girls’ schools in Russia were meant to raise nothing more than wives, mothers, and housekeepers. Taking Maria Feodorovna’s social conservatism into account, it explores the curricula of...
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Nation-Building and Separatism in Eastern Europe: The Transnistria Problem in Moldova and in the Geopolitics of Russia, Ukraine, Romania and the European Union (1917-2014)
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This study investigates the process of nation-building in the Republic of Moldova. It bridges the national revival of the Romanian-speaking Moldovans with the rise of anti-Moldovan resistance and pro-Russian separatism in the self-proclaimed Transnistrian republic. The results indicate that the...
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2007-01-01
Young-Leslie, Heather, Addo, Ping-Ann
Introductory essay to special issue of Pacific Arts journal, "Pacific Textiles, Pacific Cultures: Hybridity and Pragmatic Creativity". We introduce the concept of 'pragmatic creativity' as a counter to the discourses that situate handicrafts or bricolage as somehow second rate forms of creative...
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Fall 2015
This dissertation examines the characteristics, such as inclusivity, dynamism, creativity and otherness, of hybridity in the Hong Kong Trilogy written by Koon-chung Chan. He states clearly that hybridity does not simply mean a mixture and shallow exchange of cultures that exists in Hong Kong....
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Remaking Terra Cosacorum: Kozak Revival and Kozak Collective Identity in Independent Ukraine
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This dissertation was undertaken to test the premise whether the modern Kozak revival was or could be used as a platform by the Ukrainian national cultural establishment for renegotiation, reformation, and consolidation of national identity in post-Soviet Ukraine. Its primary aim was to observe...
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Fall 2011
Representation of Self and Others is a wide-spread focus of research among scholars from many disciplines. This study approaches the phenomenon of Self and Other from a linguistic standpoint. The main goal is to reveal methods of creating images of Self and Others in the context of blogs and link...
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Russia’s Military Intervention in Syria: Its Roots, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Kremlin
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This thesis investigates the reasons for and consequences of Russia’s combat mission in Syria, which started in September 2015. Through the analysis of Russian and Western sources, parallels are drawn between the Kremlin’s current campaign and the Soviet Union’s use of Syria as a base in its...
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Fall 2019
This thesis investigates the possibilities and challenges of situating Edward Said’s influential yet controversial theory of Orientalism within the context of Russia with a special focus on the insurgent region of the North Caucasus as a particular case of Russia’s own Orient. I explore how...
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Seal or No Seal? A Bayesian (FRUITS) Modeling of Hunter-gatherer Diet in the Little Sea Micro-Region of Lake Baikal
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The non-specific nature of stable isotope analysis limits interpretive assessments of diet to relative contributions of food sources. In an attempt to address this issue, scholars have focused on mixing models as a potential avenue to provide quantifiable measurements of dietary source...